Angled Whiteboards

My favorite part of UPS’s whiteboard-based marketing site is the awkward transition from animated medium-length-long-hair guy to static medium-length-long-hair guy. That kind of thing is so hard to get right without it seeming completely herky-jerky.

(Every week or so, we round up what others are saying about GameTap and present a sampling of the chatter. Let us know if you see other GameTap-related posts out in the wild!)

• Dan wisely keeps his platform-agnostic hands full with GameTap, a Wii, a 360, and a PS3. DEDICATED.
• Rona is a stay-at-home mom who recognizes GameTap’s value — and would be well-served by memorizing something like this.
• Broy is operating in severe stream-of-consciousness mode (SSOC).
• Jay won that sweet Sam & Max Joystiq raffle.
• The Normal One tugs at the heartstrings.
• Bonnie is keeping her site alive and intends to talk a lot about her experiences in Myst Online.
• bravetiger27 deservedly shows off their Sonic 2 high score — top of the all-time leaderboards!
• Storygamer has a really nice write-up of The Last Express and kindly requests that someone develop more real-time adventure games.
• Duncan runs the numbers on episodic gaming and concludes that Sam & Max is as valuable as good episodic television. (This coincides nicely with our own Rick Sanchez’s recent Gamsutra piece.)

Since I’m sure everyone’s already plowed through the first ToeJam & Earl, you’ll be happy to know that the more platform-y sequel, ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron, is FOR SURE in the catalog TODAY. It’s Sequels Week, after all — with a subring in GameTap Picks ready for the riflin’.

New Games:

• Arthur’s 1st Grade: Bionic Bunny’s Good Deeds Contest
• Arthur’s Kindergarten: Trouble in Arthur’s Treehouse
• Arthur’s Preschool: Arthur’s Afternoon Adventure
• Jagged Alliance 2 Gold
• ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron
• Deus Ex: Invisible War
  

New on GameTap TV:

• GameTap News: The Final Countdown
• Sam & Max: Reality Blights
• Sam & Max: Aaiiieee, Robot
• SeaLab 2021: The Policy
  

If no one has noticed, xamount seems to have a lot more time to post on this blog than I do. Or, maybe I’m just a slacker. (You make the call. No. Wait. Don’t. No, really, I had to shop for an outfit to wear to the Emmys. Uh huh. Yep, that’s it.)

Happy New Year, everyone. Look forward with us to a 2007 filled with some really cool GameTap treats.

Nice that the One Laptop Per Child OX interface design is starting to get mainstream media attention. I like how the designers haven’t locked themselves into the nearly 30 year-old desktop interface metaphor. It’ll be interesting to see how this decidedly gaming console-like (is that a prototype Mii Plaza?) community interface approach translates.